On tap at City Council: weeklong purple trash bag amnesty, $3.8 million for wastewater improvements

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Dec 27, 2016 at 6:00 PMDec 27, 2016 at 6:04 PM

Jo C. Goode Herald News Staff Reporter @jgoodeHN

FALL RIVER — The City Council meets tonight for the last time in 2016, and items on the agenda include a request from Mayor Jasiel Correia II to vote for an amnesty this week from use of purple bags and a loan request for $3.8 million for wastewater improvements.

The City Council Committee on Finance meets at 6 p.m. and the regular council is set to meet at 7 p.m.

There is also a request for a bond for $123 million to be put before voters for a major project to rehabilitate the city wastewater treatment system, according to Terrance Sullivan, the administrator of public utilities.

Sullivan said he will present the bonding requests and details of the proposed projects to the council tonight.

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